Bates College tells students they must wear high-quality masks

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January 18, 2022

Bates College tells students they must wear high-quality masks

As Bates College shifts back to in-person classes, it mandates mask upgrades to help thwart COVID-19.
Published
January 6, 2022

Colby College sees surge in COVID-19 cases as students return to campus

College reports 106 cases at its Waterville campus, including 90 students.
Published
January 4, 2022

Bates and union organizers clash as workers prepare to vote on whether to form one of state’s biggest union locals

Bates denounces union complaints as 'the very essence of misinformation' after organizers say college is violating its own COVID-19 protocols.
Published
January 3, 2022

Bates College appeals federal agency’s ruling on union election

College seeks to keep faculty separate from other staff in any proposed union.
Published
December 29, 2021

Fearing omicron spread, Bates College imposes new COVID-19 restrictions

Bates College closes campus buildings to outsiders, shuts down in-person dining hall and more to limit threat from new variant
Published
December 17, 2021

Bates College workers to vote on first-of-its-kind union in January

As many as 630 educators and staff members will get the chance to decide if they want to join a union
Published
December 16, 2021

Bates College now requires booster shots for students in a bid to keep college safer from COVID-19

Bates aims to avoid the campus closures that have hit other colleges as omicron variant takes hold.
Published
December 13, 2021

Booster shots encouraged but not required for Bates College students

The Lewiston college says more COVID-19 restrictions may be needed next semester, but not yet and maybe never.
Published
November 4, 2021

Some workers at Bates College say they don’t need a union

With tensions rising before a looming union vote, some say the college treats employees well and a union won't help
Published
October 27, 2021

Honored at Bates College in 2019, a labor leader now backs unionization bid on campus

Dolores Huerta, a Medal of Freedom winner, issued an open letter throwing her support to organizers angling for a union for many of the employees at Bates College.